Saturday, May 18, 2013

Paola Longoria, the #1 player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) has reached the semi-finals of the USA Racquetball (USAR) Ektelon Nationals in Fullerton, California, along with LPRT #2 Rhonda Rajsich and #3 Samantha Salas.

However, the #4 player Susana Acosta failed to reach the semis, as she was upset by #5 Cheryl Gudinas, 11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 11-3.

Maria Jose Vargas, the 11th seed, almost caused a much larger upset, as she won the first two games against Salas, but wasn't able to win the match, as Salas came back to win the next three games and take the match, 6-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7.

Longoria won in straight games against Cristina Amaya, 11-1, 11-3, 11-3, and Rajsich needed four games to defeat Grace Hughes, 11-0, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4.

The semi-final matches will go early Saturday afternoon, and will be live streamed over the web via the LPRT Network.